Richmond gets it. More than any other city in Virginia. So here’s Weekend Frequency, a reader-curated playlist built for the city, by the city.
This week’s mix comes from the ethereal Erin Lunsford, who will be performing on June 20th at the Reveler with Caroline Vain.
“Long drives back to the city after visiting my home place in Southwest Virginia always leave me in my feels and that’s where the inspiration came for my most recent single, ‘Watch Out For Deer.’
This playlist is full of songs that inspired the sounds and writing in the track. ‘Watch Out For Deer’ is the story of a tearful nighttime drive back to Richmond from my home place in Southwest Virginia. It’s about the Southern farewell, “be safe and watch out for deer.”
There is so much comfort in returning home, so much pain in driving away, and many mixed emotions of feeling my identity bloom in a new city, hours away from where I grew up. This single will be the first (on 6/20/25!) in a string of songs culminating in an album release in Spring 2026.”
Weekend Frequency is part revival, part continuation of our long-running RVA Mag Weekend Playlists which started before the world flipped upside down. Dig into the full archive here.
Want to curate your own playlist? Email us at hello@rvamag.com with Weekend Frequency in the subject line.
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